Mumbai Crime: 3 persons held for attacking NCB officials in Goregaon

The Mumbai Police arrested three persons for allegedly attacking the officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB in Goregaon The incident took place on SundayThe NCB officials were setting a trap to catch some drug peddlers based on a tipoff when the incident happened The team was being led by NCBs Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede NCB Superintendent Vishwavijay Singh and another officer Shiva Reddy sustained minor injuriesDilip Sawant Additional Commissioner north region confirmed that three accused have been arrested for the alleged attack A case under Sections 353 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code IPC has been registered at Goregaon police station against the accusedThey have been sent to 14day judicial custodyThe development comes barely 36 hours after the antidrug agency arrested comedienne Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbachiya in a drugs seizure and consumption caseAlso Read Bharti Singh And Haarsh Limbachiyaa Sent To Judicial Custody Till December 4While Bharti was arrested late on Saturday Harsh was nabbed early Sunday morning by the NCB in the wake of raids at their home and office in Andheri West which led to alleged seizure of 8650 gm of marijuana or ganjaThe NCB has invoked Sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances pertaining to possession of small quantities of restricted drugs and their consumptionThe arrests that shocked the entertainment circles came after they were named by two peddlers arrested from KharDanda early on Saturday according to the NCB After the seizure the couple also confessed to consuming drugs following which they were interrogated and arrestedWe have arrested Bharti Singh and found a little over 86 gm marijuana from her NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede had said The seized quantity attracts a jail term of six months andor a fineAmong other things Harsh has allegedly told the NCB that he used to procure the drugs for selfconsumption onlyThe NCB had raided a location in KharDanda a coastal area in Khar suburb and nabbed a 21year drug trafficker from whom commercial quantities of drugs like 15 blots of LSD 40 gm ganja and a psychotropic drug were seized said WankhedeThe NCB is carrying out investigations into Bollywooddrugs mafia nexus and is trying to unravel since the past three months or soAlso Read Drugs Case Arjun Rampal Grilled By The NCBSince September the NCB has arrested over two dozen persons including Bollywood actress Rhea Chakbraborty since bailed out her brother Showik who is still in jail and other film industryrelated persons drug financiers suppliers or peddlers including some foreignersAs the NCB claims to have unearthed a close link between the drugs mafia and the glamour industry it has questioned several prominent film personalities amid speculation that several big names may be on its dreaded hitlistAmong those probed so far include actresses Deepika Padukone Shraddha Kapoor Sara Ali Khan modelcumactor Arjun Rampal and filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala whose wife Shabana was arrested but got bail after some quantities of commercial quantity drugs were found at her residence The latest celebrity to be arrested is Bharti SinghThe NCB investigations are an offshoot of the probe into the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput who was found dead at his Bandra home on June 14 which sparked off a huge political controversyWith inputs from Faizan Khan and agencyKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news